Five Blogs – 7 March 2023

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You’re on your own, kid
Written by: Alan Page

Stop using your 4-digit iPhone passcode in public
Written by: Christina Darby

7 Test Automation Mistakes and Solutions with Examples
Written by: Elvira Riianova

Why AI Won’t Cause Unemployment
Written by: Marc Andreessen

When Are Problems Introduced?
Written by: Michael Bolton

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10 Reasons to Give Employees Recognition (Other Than to Say Good Job)
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Quote of the day:
“Life is about doing things that don’t suck with people who don’t suck” -John Green

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Five Blogs – 29 January 2023

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Why You Should Use Why Questions In Your Coaching Conversations.

Written by: Vernon Richards

Is there room for meanness in coaching? 4 ideas to use in your next session
Written by: Vernon Richards

One Thing Testers Should Remember Before Inflicting Help On Their Teammates.
Written by: Vernon Richards

One Thing That Coaches and Testers Have In Common.
Written by: Vernon Richards

The “Universal” Test Strategy (WIP).
Written by: Vernon Richards

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The Important Lesson I’ve Been Learning All Week But Didn’t Notice.
Written by: Vernon Richards

Quote of the day:
“You want to be successful, you must respect one rule: never lie to yourself.” -Paulo Coelho

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Five Blogs – 21 October 2022

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What’s the right ratio of developers to testers?
Written by: Chris Kenst

What ALL Successful People Have in Common
Written by: Steve Keating

When do YOU start testing
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Why Unlearning Is At Least As Important As Learning
Written by: Greg Satell

5 Testing Practices you should have in your CI / CD Pipeline
Written by: Dan Neciu

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How I Think Quality Engineering, Glue Work And Quiet Quitting Are Related!
Written by: Vernon Richards

Quote of the day:
“A dream is what makes people love life even when it is painful” -Theodore Zeldin

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Five Blogs – 6 October 2022

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Automation Won’t Magically Improve Software Quality
Written by: Patrick Ramser

Test Automation Framework · Reporting & Observability (Part 3/5)
Written by: Damian Moga

Load Testing Your Web Infrastructure: Please Be Careful. Part 2
Written by: Jonathan Kohl

First 72 Hours of Incident Response Critical to Taming Cyberattack Chaos
Written by: Robert Lemos

A Daily Dose of Learning
Written by: Steve Keating

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The Deliberate Tester – Chapter 4: The Challenge
Written by: Markus Gärtner

Quote of the day:
“Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give them yours.” -Zig Ziglar

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Five Blogs – 5 September 2022

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UI Testing: A Getting Started Guide and Checklist
Written by: Danny Shain

JavaScript bugs aplenty in Node.js ecosystem – found automatically
Written by: Paul Ducklin

Difference between Bug and Defect
Written by: Jatin Patel

Truth or Dare
Written by: James Thomas

The Learning Quadrants – where to start with Self-Development
Written by: Leigh Rathbone

Quote of the day:
“Do not beat up on yourself. Do not criticize yourself. Above all, don’t limit yourself.” -Iyanla Vanzant

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Five Blogs – 26 July 2022

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Inner Peace — Be Cool, Calm, and Collected
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg

Nicola Lindgren
Written by: Nicola Lindgren

Zero Trust: Intelligent Security Approach To Adapting The Future of Remote Work
Written by: Vinugayathri

Where No-one Else Looks
Written by: James Thomas

How to Write a Software Test Plan
Written by: Lillie Jenkins

Quote of the day:
“If failure had no penalty success would not be a prize” -Terry Pratchett

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Five Blogs – 21 July 2022

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9 Quality Culture Fails And What You Can Do About Them
Written by: Vernon Richards

8 months on, US says Log4Shell will be around for “a decade or longer”
Written by: Paul Ducklin

4 Reasons Why Talent Development Is So Important To Your Business
Written by: Lolly Daskal

You Control the Effort You Put Forth
Written by: Steve Keating

Why We Need To Put Human Agency Back At The Center Of Decision-Making
Written by: Greg Satell

Quote of the day:
“A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself” -Heidi Wills

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Five Blogs – 27 May 2022

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Don’t Hate Your Haters, Leverage Them To Your Advantage
Written by: Greg Satell

How to Start a Career as a Software Tester and the Top Skills You Need
Written by: Nicola Lindgren

Building your toolbox and sharpening your tools
Written by: Ben Dowen

CISA Announces Joint Ransomware Task Force
Written by: Nathan Eddy

Zero-Click Zoom Bug Allows Code Execution Just by Sending a Message
Written by: Tara Seals

Quote of the day:
“Becoming is better than being” -Carol S. Dweck

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Five Blogs – 23 May 2022

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What is a cybersecurity degree?
Written by: Genevieve Carlton

Agile in the Ether
Written by: James Thomas

What Is Stress Testing
Written by: Bhavarth Kandoria

DevOps vs Agile: How Can Their Unique QA Advantages Work Together?
Written by: Timothy Joseph

Blockchain for Test Engineers: Digital Signatures
Written by: Oleksandr Romanov

Quote of the day:
“To discover your true potential, you have to first identify your limit and then go past it.” -Randy Gage

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Five Blogs – 8 March 2022

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Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Mozilla join forces to make browsers better
Written by: Taras Buria

Learning From Mistakes Is What Separates Truly Revolutionary Leaders From Everyone Else
Written by: Greg Satell

The perils of the “real” client IP
Written by: Adam Pritchard

Managing 5 Common Types of Errors in Software Testing
Written by: Cameron Laird

Free HermeticRansom Ransomware Decryptor Released
Written by: Lisa Vaas

Quote of the day:
“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie” -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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